"K3 to Dave".....Boy, recognized the genesis of the phrase instantly, even though across the decades.
73 Ken - K0PP On Jan 17, 2015 1:44 AM, "Edward R Cole" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well this is now OT, but > > Consider that most commercial aircraft run auto-pilot for most of their > flight and most ships also use auto-pilot. It does seem scary to think of > an automobile on automatic control but it will probably end up safer in the > long-run. I suspect the diamond lanes to be where its initially tried and > on divided hwy's probably it will be lane specific so manual merging > on/off can be handled. I think it interesting (amusing) to see all the > new driving condition selections for traction on newer cars. But I suspect > it like the auto-parking features are predecessors to auto-drive. > "snooze-cruise" - yeah! > > Re: bug proof, I once read that cpu's are now so complicated that they are > not fully tested as there are too many states to run thru. ATE does most > QA testing on production lines these days and they test the essential > functions. Computing is on the verge of Artificial Intelligence so when it > seems your computer had taken on a personality - maybe it has? > > K3 to Dave: "Dave your messing with my bw"! "Stop Dave or I will throw > you out the airlock"! apologizes to Sir Arthur and 2001 Space Odyssey. > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > "engage warp drive - now!" > > ----------- > From: Alan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 bugs > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On 01/16/2015 06:40 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote: > > Software written by the world's greatest programmer and tested by the > > world's greatest software tester would still be something I would > > never risk my life with. > > Self-driving cars are supposed to be the wave of the future. Google > already has prototypes on the road. The software must be insanely > complicated. There's no way it won't have bugs. > > On the other hand, human drivers are hardly perfect either. Perhaps the > buggy software will be more reliable than an inattentive driver... > > Alan N1AL > > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > "Kits made by KL7UW" > Dubus Mag business: > [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
